—Gina Lollobrigida (b.Luigia Lollobrigida 1927 – )
Reading Woman, 1890
Pastel on paper
Young Peasant at Her Toilette, 1888
oil on canvas
Private collection
—Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924 – )
Coney Island, 1952
—Lana Turner (b. Julia Jean Turner; 1921 – 1995)
Downtown L.A. from the Loew’s Hollywood helipad, Nov. 2016
Interior with Telephone, Winnetka, April 1968
“Monte Mar Drive,” 2021
acrylic on canvas: 20 x 20 in.
Collection: J. Pollick, Los Angeles
I wonder about the writing on the Mesopotamian image…the lettering is so elegant and so perfect that it’s hard to believe it was done by human hands.
I wonder how much longer “Gone With The Wind” will be allowed to be shown ? That is a very cute photo of Lana Turner.
The Suffragette letter sounds very modern except it assumes male and female sexes.
Nice collection, as usual.
Gone With The Wind is in the culture and has been for eighty years, killing it would take intensity and effort and provoke even more of a divide. I hope they try so we can destroy for all time the stupidity of the cancel culture.
No wonder people thought suffragettes were nasty termagants, with that “advice” column! Sadly, with just a little updating of the language, you could find a lot of women today who would agree with every bit of that list; that’s the havoc “feminism” has wreaked on America.
I’ve said it before, but I like your paintings, Robert; there’s something calming in the straight lines and muted colors. I’m afraid owning an original Avrech would be far beyond my pocketbook, though!
I’ve never been to the LBJ ranch, but I have been to Eisenhower’s farmhouse in Gettysburg. You have to take a tour bus there, as there is no public access, but the house itself is small and modest; you would imagine it to be the house of a fairly prosperous businessman and not that of a President and former supreme head of the Allied forces. You’re kept at a bit of a distance because of ropes and clear plastic partitions, but you have free roam of the house and grounds until it’s time for your bus to leave. Well worth visiting.
A lovely weekend to you and yours, Robert.
Gina is very attractive, but I always thought of her as “the other Italian actress”. Sophia Loren being the most prominent in my mind.
Eve Marie Saint is now 97 (born on the 4th of July). I remember her best in North by Northwest with Cary Grant and Grand Prix with James Garner.
I wonder who wrote the Advice to Young Ladies piece. I wonder if she had a happy, fulfilling life or if she was bitter and unhappy. Based on her views of men and marriage, I would suspect the latter.
I like the clean lines on the Waltham trench watch. Very nice. I imagine it was affordable compared to most of the watches you present to us.
The Klementinum is a collection of buildings in Prague which include a Jesuit University, several library collections and an astronomy tower with a fascinating sundial setup. The room pictured is the Baroque library hall and it is beautifully designed. I am surprised at how plain the exterior of the building looks. It really hides the beauty of the interior.
I had to chuckle at the 4,000 year old brick.
The Fiat 500 looks a little like a clown car. I recently parked next to one and was surprised at how short it was. The top of the roof was about chest height and I’m (now) only 6 foot tall.
I like your painting and Charlotte is adorable. Have a wonderful weekend.
Love the selection Robert. That Suffragette advice to young ladies is hilarious. I visited the LBJ Ranch – just an hour’s drive north of San Antonia a few years ago. It was an eerie feeling, because there were only about 10 of us there, but the Rangers gave us free reign of the grounds. I parked my car on the old tarmac that the Jet would use. The house was closed for structural reasons which was a disappointment but as I wandered around the back I could just picture Lady Bird opening the door and beckoning me for some iced tea. By the back door are concrete bricks with signatures of dozens of famous people who visited – astronauts, movie stars…
His 2 white Continental convertibles are on display there as the Amphicar. I think the Fiat is there also.
That Mesopotamian brick reminds me of a Greek temple – at Abu Simbel? (where they moved these massive temples because the s Aswan Dam).
Anyway you can see graffiti made by Greeks over 2,000 years ago.
What was a defacement is a wonderful curiosity 1000s of years later. The dog got a bit of immortality.
Rereading my post obviously it was an Egyptian temple like most built during Ramses Ii.
I admire Eva Marie saint for things I learned that your side Robert.
IIRC when she had a small child her agent told her that she should devote more time to getting pictures to become an A-list star she wanted to devote time to her child who is now a normal good person working in the movie industry